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… Deep within this ongoing strategy lies a conundrum. Banning fossil fuels, stopping fracking, divesting (which we passed the previous year) are each protest actions. We know we need an …

… studies and environmental sustainability . The school, which announced in June it would divest from fossil fuels , recently received a $12.5 million grant to expand sustainability …

… -- including several prominent Catholics -- calling on institutions and individuals to divest from fossil fuel stocks.  The justification for this call was expressed in these words: … destruction and human suffering on such a titanic scale.” [ … Read the full statement … ] Divestment is not a new strategy. It was central to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, …

… fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. … Rockefellers Brothers Fund Will Divest From Fossil Fuels … Pope Francis rebukes religious militants during visit to Albania … The …

… onto two petitions, sponsored by Interfaith Power & Light and 350.org , asking Pope Francis to divest the Vatican Bank of fossil fuel investments. Consider, too, how many worldwide actions are …

… started in 2004, when our national governing body, the General Assembly, began a move to divest from companies doing business in Israel and profiting from the Israeli-Palestinian … (USA)" and the denomination quit selling it on its website. Nonetheless, a resolution favoring divestment passed by a narrow margin. And, again, Jews in the U.S. and abroad have been …

… … Worried about global warming, a growing number of churches and other faith groups are divesting their holdings in fossil fuel companies, which release large amounts of carbon dioxide … Serene Jones, president of New York's Union Theological Seminary, whose board voted in June to divest its $108.4 million endowment from fossil fuel companies. "While we realize that our … Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- have also approved fossil fuel divestment. And the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) last month voted to study …

… crucial leadership in its commitment to financial stewardship. The network has resolved to divest from fossil fuel companies and reinvest in a sustainable future. Unfortunately, the …

… Tablet) explains why Gustav Niebuhr was deeply upset by the Presbyteraian Church's decision to divest from Israel and the manner in which they treated the otherwise illustrious memory of his …

… and theologically flawed. The booklet played a role last month in the denomination's debate on divesting from three American companies that, divestment proponents say, benefit from Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Those …